The opinion in support of the decision being entered today
was not written for publication and
is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOHN RODRIGUEZ, PATRICK LONGNEKER and SHEKHAR KIRANI
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Appeal No. 2006-2028
Application No. 09/814,159
Technology Center 3600
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, LEVY and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges.
NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 of the examiner’s rejection of
claims 1 through 43. For the reasons stated infra we will not sustain the examiner’s
rejection of claims 1 through 43. Claims 44 through 50 have been canceled.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method and system of tracking objects (e.g. documents,
digital image data, etc). The system makes use of a media gateway which captures the
incoming uploaded information. The information is maintained in a media vault. The
system uses a tracking module which tracks online user activity associated with each
object or asset and that object’s interaction with the various vendors or partners that may
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